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Spotted Tussock Moth

Lophocampa maculata

Photo by lorainedg
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

About 2- 3" in length, these caterpillars are furry and black with an orange band around the middle and long tufts of white fur sticking out of the black ends.

Habitat:

They are all over the Uinta mountains- a month ago they were covering everything, eating all the maple leaves into lacy skeletons.

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PublishedOctober 15, 2011

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